Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-06-10

CUDwORTH x CHILDs, Agents.


BrattIebOrO.
On account of the soldiers monument
dedication which takes place next Friday
afternoon. the publication of The Phoenix
will be deferred next week until Saturday
morning, when it will contain full report
of the proceedings. Correspondence and
advertisements must be sent in at the usual
time, not later than Thursday, as the forms
will only be kept open after the usual hour
of publication to receive matter connected
with the dedicatory exercises.
Complaint is constantly made by ladies
of the knots of loafers who gather at vari-
GUS points on Main street on Sundays and
evenings and cover the pavements with
spittle and make it almost impossible to
pass them with unsoiled garments. An Or
dinance compelling such gatherings to
move on would have cordial public sup
port.
Miss Bertha \. Houghton is at home from
Saratoga for visit of two weeks.
Col Estey has been confined to his house
by illness since last Saturday night but Is
now much improved.
DR.. Walker and family are now at their
summer home, the Williston homestead.
Rain again stopped the base ball game
between the east and west side MIN street
mines yesterday afternoon. The playing
on both sides was exceedingly loose, the
score standing II to : in favor of the west
side at the end of the fourth inning.
Durham Bros. call attention this week to
an unusually large and attractive stock of
summer goods.
Atkinson's comedy company are to play
"Peck's Bad Boy at the town hall next
Monday evening. The company have Just
! finished a season i'll Boston and the papers
of that city say their presentation of the
piece is excellent
The selectmen have laid out and opened
the new street from Oak street 10 Forest,
through the land bought of W. O. Chaplin
by +. c. Crosby and L. f. Adams. The
street will at once be put i'll condition to
use and its opening puts several good and
low priced building lots on the market.
Knapp x Bailey have sold the north corner
lot on Oak street to Mrs. Carrie l.. Smith.
A representative of the Thompson Hous-
ton company has been i'll town this week
and tells the bailiifs that he will at once
put in the four trial arc lights on Main
street
c. II. Smith left yesterday on his return
to Minneapolis Mrs Smith and the chill
dren will remain in Brattleboro during the
summer.
The Ceutreville tannery property was
bought last Saturday at the adjourned auc
ton sale by B. D. Harris for $3.50.
c. p ellison announces second market
day sale of horses by auction at his West
Chesterfield mart on Saturday of next
week, 18th inst On that day he will sci
% horses, besides carriages and harness
Particulars are given in advertisement else
where.
The attention of investors is called 70 the
advertisement of the Vermont Investment
and Guaranty company which appears IL
this issue.
Rev. Chas. +. Russell of Weston, Mass
will preach in the Unitarian church neXt
Sunday morning.
Lester French of the High school elias,
of 81 took the examinations at the Massa
chusetts Institute of Technology last week
and was admitted without conditions to the
four years course beginning next Septem
Der.
The weekly payment system has beer
adopted on the New London Northern road
Employees from Millers Falls north are paic
at Brattleboro.
Lieut. Gov Fuller and Col. and Mrs Es
tey attended the funeral of Mrs Du Bots
wife of the state treasurer, at West Ran
dolph last week.
f. b. Gleason & Co. have a Paris greer
substitute in bug finish which is warrant
ed to rid vines of bugs at one application
aud at cost of only five cents II pound
The 9th annual convention of the Epis
copal church in the diocese of Vermont vii
he held in st. Paul's church, Burlington, Oh
Wednesday and Thursday next. At tn,
Easter meeting of st, Mchael's parish Hen
ry Dcvens, X. Haskns and +. W, Child
were elected delegates to the convention.
o. J. Pratt calls attention this week t,
an unusually attractive sale of hamburg
embroideries and other seasonable special
ties at remarkably low prices. lie also All
nounces a closing out sale of summer over
garments The ladies should not overlool
his new advertisement,
Judge Wheeler is hearing an importan
case in New York this week, involving tn
snug sum of $3.50, 600 The suit is one o
several brought by Schultz Bros. Il Blath
cloakmakers of New York, against Jordan
Marsh K Co. of Boston, who claim that tn
goods in question were sent them withou
their order or knowledge.
Edward G. Bracket was discovered Sun
, day evening helping himself to "a load O
, er, near the Herrick place, on the road lead
t ing from West Brattleboro to Guilford, am
was followed to his home in Esteyville
Tuesday he was arraigned before Justic
Newton, found guilty, and fined % an
costs amounting to $ll.j3,
Yesterday was observed as Flower mis-
2 sion day by the w, G. T. u, who sen
| out over 20 bouquets TO invalids and other,
If all were as lovely as those we were per
mitted glimpse of, they could not hay
failed 10 charm the eye with their beaut
while the heart was gladdened by the CON
forting messages borne on their fragran
, breath.
, 1t is impossible not 10 admire the INTEL
gence and enterprise of those state paper
q and there are several of them-which al
, nounce that "eX-GOv. Holbrook of Ne,
York will preside at our soldiers monu
Z ment dedication next week.
! Vinton & Son are making an addition I
their building 10 accommodate Sinkovitz
D clothing store.
e Crosby & Cos new heating boiler to tax
r. the place of the old ones which gave on
p last spring, has arrived ready TO be put i
r place 1t is Il high-pressure boiler with a
s the latest improvements, made by Williar
t Allen a Sons of Worcester, Mass, tn
same concern that made the new boile
t which Crosby * Co, put in last spring {
e run their engine The two boilers will b
S arranged with fittings so that either OF bot
Of them can be used for heating or to driv
t the engine, as may be desired A new iro
p smoke funnel is also to be put in. Mr. +,
a ward Crosby has also received from ALE
< a Sons a boiler of their improved make I
d heat his house replacing the one put in lai
year